📖 Определения и значения для слова shell
📒 the hard outer part of eggs, nuts, some seeds, and some animals
- We collected shells on the beach.
- snail/oyster/clam shells
- walnut shells
📒 any object that looks like the shell of a snail or sea creature
- pasta shells
📒 a metal case filled with explosive, to be fired from a large gun
- mortar/artillery shells
- A shell burst only yards away from us.
- Several empty shell casings were found in the area.
📒 a tube or case containing explosive and a bullet or shot, for shooting from a gun
📒 the walls or outer structure of something, for example, an empty building or ship after a fire or a bomb attack
- The house was now a shell gutted by flames.
- (figurative) My life has been an empty shell since he died.
- The fire reduced the school to a hollow shell.
📒 any structure that forms a hard outer frame
- the body shell of a car
📒 the outer layer of somebody’s personality; how they seem to be or feel
- She had developed a shell of indifference.
- She had built up a protective shell around herself.
📒 to become less shy and more confident when talking to other people
- He’s really come out of his shell since he met Marie.
📒 to become shyer and avoid talking to other people
- Whenever my friends are here, she just withdraws into her shell.